Best alternatives to Context Menu Search (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Context Menu Search, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Context Menu Search alternatives, compared
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Context Menu Search
Search for selected text or image URL using the context menu
≈7K users4.4★ from 36 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago3 permissions- About 13× fewer users than Context Menu Search
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
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Context Search
An enhanced context menu search. Add and customize multiple search engines to your right-click pop-up menu.
≈2K users5.0★ from 19 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years3 permissions- About 45× fewer users than Context Menu Search
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
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ContextSearch web-ext
Add search engines easily and search from the context menu and convenient popup
≈30K users4.7★ from 73 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago10 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than Context Menu Search
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (10 vs 4)
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IMDb Search with Right-Click (Context menu)
Search for movies and stars on IMDb right from your context menu
≈9K users5.0★ from 6 ratingsUpdated 16 months ago1 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Context Menu Search
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
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Contextual Search for YouTube
Allows the user search YouTube for a term by highlighting text and selecting 'Search YouTube for...' from the right click menu.
≈1K users4.8★ from 14 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years1 permissions- About 90× fewer users than Context Menu Search
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
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Selection Search
Search for the selected text in search engines
≈30K users4.7★ from 566 ratingsUpdated 16 months ago7 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than Context Menu Search
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 4)
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Multi Search
Search engine selector, to ease your switch through different engines.
≈20K users4.0★ from 7 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years2 permissions- About 4.5× fewer users than Context Menu Search
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
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Trufflepiggy - Context Search
The context search for all of us: quick, easy & fully customizable. Perfect for translations, price comparisons, image searches,…
≈1K users4.5★ from 22 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago4 permissions- About 90× fewer users than Context Menu Search
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Search All
The easiest way to access different search engines.
≈20K users4.4★ from 188 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years11 permissions- About 4.5× fewer users than Context Menu Search
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (11 vs 4)
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Quick Image Search
Right click an image or some selected text and use that for a secure search using Google Images.
≈30K users3.9★ from 41 ratingsUpdated 10 months ago1 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than Context Menu Search
- Rated 0.6 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
Context Menu Search alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Context Menu Search?
By users, the most popular alternative is ContextSearch web-ext with ≈30K users and a 4.7-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Context Menu Search.
Which Context Menu Search alternative has the best rating?
ContextSearch web-ext has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 73 ratings.
Is there a Context Menu Search alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
IMDb Search with Right-Click (Context menu) asks for 1 permissions, against 4 for Context Menu Search.
How many alternatives to Context Menu Search are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Context Menu Search on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.